Figure 1From: Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacterial and Archaeal Type Strains, Phase III: the genomes of soil and plant-associated and newly described type strainsCumulative number of prokaryotic species described since publication of the Approved List in 1980 and 2013. Modified from Euzéby and Parte [List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature: http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/].Back to article page